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492 Missouri Road

Welcome to 492 Missouri Road where one of our VAGC members wanted to show you her garden and the many plants around her house. Please check in with the VAGC members before viewing the plants. This is not a guided tour but a clockwise walk around the house yourself. This information here is to help to guide you throughout your tour. We have 5 different garden locations for you to see. As you get to each site, please find one of the VAGC’s volunteers to check you in with your ticket. You may use this information found here to assist you with each of the visits but feel free to ask any of the volunteers should you have a question.

Pictured here is the tour you will be looking for.

After checking in you will see lots of plants. I have some here to help you with your walk around. Some I will not picture here but will list a few for you to make sure you see.

Take a look at this one.

This is a Acca sellowiana commonly called a Pineapple guava located in the front yard.

This plant is an evergreen perennial shrub native to South America in the myrtle family. It will reach a height of 10 to 15 feet with an equal spread. Likes full sun but will tolerates light shade. Consistent soil moisture is important to produce quality fruit. Must be well drained soil and will tolerate soils for sand to heavy clay. Generally problem-free but black scale and fruit flies can occur in some areas

Also, in the front yard you will find a different copperleaf as shown here. Acalypha Wilkeson “Dragon Fire”. This plant is easy to care for but needs watering during dry times of the year. Will grow about 10 feet high and 7 feet wide. Likes to be cut back to keep a denser look. Spikes can be seen during the breeding season. This plant is found native Vanuatu and the pacific islands. Prefers light well drained soil and is suited to a protected shady position. Drought and frost can damage the plant.

Also located in the front yard but not shown here is a wonderful Boston fern and 2 triangle palms as you walk to the left of the front yard.

Slowly walk to the back and view all the many plants on the left side of the house.

As you get to the back next to the house is this plant.

Brazilian red Cloak biological name is Meagaskepasma erythrochlamys

This is a tropical shrub native to regions in South America including Venezuela, costa Rica Nicaragua and El Salvador. During parts of the year this plant features large showy red bracts and white flowers. and blooms primarily from autumn to mid-winter. Typically grows 6-8 feet tall. Prefers rich soil and is suitable for warm temperate to tropical climates. Likes moist well drained soil and thrives in full sun. Regular water is required and it benefits from fertilization during warmer months. Pruning can help maintain its shape.

Continue your walk paying special attention to the small plant called a poison dart plant located on the right beside the house and is a low growing plant.

Biological names Aglaonema commutatum, poison dart plant. Found in the Chinese evergreen genus and is native to the Philippines’ and north eastern Sulawesi. North this plant can be used for an indoor plant but outside the plant requires above freezing temperatures. Low growing plant reaching a height of 1.5 feet. This plant does well in diffuse sun or good indirect lighting. Likes high humidity but do not over water due to root rot.

Continue on and looking on left if again you are walking clockwise around the house, the owner is adding a butterfly vine known as a passion vine. While I was there a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar was seen and is shown here.

Moving on around to the left as you walk around towards the right side of the house you will see 2 Chinese Fan Palms Biological named Livistona chinensis.

A hardy nature and lush look of the Chinese fan palm makes it a south Florida landscape favorite. This plant does well as a privacy plant staying low for a long time and can be gown nicely potted. This palm eventually reaching a height of 25 feet. A slow grower for any light but best in sun to partial shade. It is cold hardy and grows well in zones 9 and 10. Also moderately salt tolerant and drought tolerant once well established. Add top soil when planting in a well-drained area. It likes to dry out between watering. As with most palms, fertilize with 8-2-12 fertilizer 3 times a year in February, May and September. A nice species easy to grow.

Continue around the house going through the gate on the right side of the house back to the front yard.

If you like, the VAGC has another tour located around the corner from this house.

Glad you came by and hope you enjoyed the tour.